Instructions in prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction: Use of certain terms and instructions prohibited
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Lane v. SECOND JUD. DIST., WASHOE COUNTY (1988)
Most recently applied in Hardin v. State (December 2003)
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1132; A 1977, 1630; 1991, 126)
1. In any prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction or for an attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit either crime, the term “unchaste character” may not be used with reference to the alleged victim of the crime in any instruction to the jury.
2. In a prosecution for sexual assault or statutory sexual seduction, the court may not give any instructions to the jury to the effect that it is difficult to prove or establish the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.